1852 Presidential Election
November 2, 1852 · Jacksonian Democracy · 296 electoral votes, 149 to win
Pierce buried Scott in the Whigs' last national campaign; the party, fatally split over the Compromise of 1850, dissolved within four years.
Elected
Franklin Pierce
Democratic
Electoral vote
254 of 296
Popular vote
50.8%
1,607,510 votes
Turnout
69.5%
The result
| EV share | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Pierce | Democratic | William R. King | 254 | 1,607,510 | 50.80% | 27 | |
| Winfield Scott | Whig | William Alexander Graham | 42 | 1,386,942 | 43.90% | 4 | |
| John P. Hale | Free Soil | George Washington Julian | — | 155,210 | 4.90% | — | |
| Daniel Webster | Union | Charles J. Jenkins | — | 6,994 | 0.22% | — | |
| Jacob Broom | Know Nothing | Reynell Coates | — | 2,566 | 0.08% | — | |
| George Troup | Southern Rights | John A. Quitman | — | 2,331 | 0.07% | — |
3,161,553 votes recorded for the candidates listed.
Results by state
| Alabama | Franklin Pierce | 60.9% | 9 | Winfield Scott · 34.1% |
| Arkansas | Franklin Pierce | 62.2% | 4 | Winfield Scott · 37.8% |
| California | Franklin Pierce | 53.0% | 4 | Winfield Scott · 46.8% |
| Connecticut | Franklin Pierce | 49.8% | 6 | Winfield Scott · 45.5% |
| Delaware | Franklin Pierce | 49.9% | 3 | Winfield Scott · 49.7% |
| Florida | Franklin Pierce | 60.0% | 3 | Winfield Scott · 40.0% |
| Georgia | Franklin Pierce | 64.7% | 10 | Winfield Scott · 26.6% |
| Illinois | Franklin Pierce | 51.9% | 11 | Winfield Scott · 41.8% |
| Indiana | Franklin Pierce | 52.1% | 13 | Winfield Scott · 44.2% |
| Iowa | Franklin Pierce | 50.2% | 4 | Winfield Scott · 44.8% |
| Kentucky | Winfield Scott | 51.4% | 12 | Franklin Pierce · 48.3% |
| Louisiana | Franklin Pierce | 51.9% | 6 | Winfield Scott · 48.1% |
| Maine | Franklin Pierce | 50.6% | 8 | Winfield Scott · 39.6% |
| Maryland | Franklin Pierce | 53.3% | 8 | Winfield Scott · 46.7% |
| Massachusetts | Winfield Scott | 41.5% | 13 | Franklin Pierce · 35.1% |
| Michigan | Franklin Pierce | 50.5% | 6 | Winfield Scott · 40.8% |
| Mississippi | Franklin Pierce | 60.5% | 7 | Winfield Scott · 39.5% |
| Missouri | Franklin Pierce | 56.4% | 9 | Winfield Scott · 43.6% |
| New Hampshire | Franklin Pierce | 56.4% | 5 | Winfield Scott · 30.6% |
| New Jersey | Franklin Pierce | 52.8% | 7 | Winfield Scott · 45.9% |
| New York | Franklin Pierce | 50.2% | 35 | Winfield Scott · 45.0% |
| North Carolina | Franklin Pierce | 50.4% | 10 | Winfield Scott · 49.5% |
| Ohio | Franklin Pierce | 47.9% | 23 | Winfield Scott · 43.2% |
| Pennsylvania | Franklin Pierce | 51.2% | 27 | Winfield Scott · 46.2% |
| Rhode Island | Franklin Pierce | 51.4% | 4 | Winfield Scott · 44.9% |
| South Carolina | Franklin Pierce | — | 8 | — |
| Tennessee | Winfield Scott | 50.7% | 12 | Franklin Pierce · 49.3% |
| Texas | Franklin Pierce | 73.5% | 5 | Winfield Scott · 26.5% |
| Vermont | Winfield Scott | 50.6% | 5 | Franklin Pierce · 29.8% |
| Virginia | Franklin Pierce | 55.7% | 15 | Winfield Scott · 44.3% |
| Wisconsin | Franklin Pierce | 52.0% | 5 | Winfield Scott · 34.4% |
The state table accounts for 255 of Franklin Pierce's 254 official electoral votes. The remainder reflect split delegations, district allocations, faithless electors or votes not counted, as recorded at the electoral count.
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